Megh Malhar Cooperative society located in Ognaj village in Sarkhej of Vadodara has chaetaed many members by selling the same plot again and again.
This Housing Cooperative Society scheme was floated in 2002 by Hasmukh Patel, his son Nitul Patel and his cousin Dipesh J Patel. One of them, Nitul, was arrested while the other two are still absconding.
According to police, the accused sold the plots to more than one person. Some purchased the plot in 2003 while some struck the deal three years back. However, nobody was given possession of their respective plots and later it was found that in most cases the possession of the land went to one Desai family.
Some of those whose white money is involved has approached police but there are many officials and business men who are not coming forward fearing IT raid on them.
The cheats have made roughly 10-15 crores by duping people, according one estimate.